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VOL XLY. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1908. NO. 94. CITY WATER RATEJESTORED Council Complies with $100 Request. OLD RATE NOW iN FORCE HERE Bnsy Session of City Dads field Monday Night Many Peti tions Were Presented. The city council "met in regui lar session Monday evening, November 9, with Mayor Qeorge E. Lilly presiding and a full at tendance of mem bers- , i , The question of restoring the monthly water rate to $100 was thoroughly discussed, Messrs J. H. Harris, William Bogue, S.'L. Kline and F. L. Miller, of the water commission, all speaking in favor of the sime, and Mr. Kline read section 22, of article 3, of the state laws to substanti ate the claim of authority ad vanced by the commission, the article referred to outlining their powers as follows: "To establish rates for the use and the consumption of water by the city and inhabitants thereof, including , the people living along the line or in the vicinity of the works without the city." The council decided to restore the rate to $100 II. E. Hodes spoke in favor of the petition presented by many citizens objecting to the harrow ing of Second street by widening the sidewalks along the street to 14 feet. The petition was re ferred to the ordinance commit tee. J. B. Irvine, chairman of the fire, light and water committee, reported that Bradley & Zim merman had taken down the wires aud lights on Second street which were used during the All Benton School Fair, and that negotiations were now at an end between the city and that firm for the purchase of same. The city engineer was in structed to ascertain the cost of Columbia river sand, delivered on cars at Portland in order to know whether such material could be used to advantage in the construction of cement cross walks within the sidewalk dis trict. The petition for a cross walk on the north side of Van Buren street was referred to the street committee. Mr. McFarland petitioned the council to reduce the license on skating rinks to $00 per year. An ordinance covering such re duction was read the first and second time and referred to the ordinance committee. An application was presented bv L. C liolbrook askinsr lor the privilege of placing a pop corn and peanut car on some side street and the same was re ferred to the license committee. The petition of J. M. Guthrie and others for a light on the comer of Eighth and Tyler 6treets was referred to the com mittee on light, water and fire. M. Burnap and others peti tioned for the construction of a gidewalk on the west side of block 14. This petition was read and filed. . The reports of the chief of po lice and police judge were read nd referred to the ways and means committee. The following bills were aud ited and ordered paid: Willamette Valley Co. .$128 15 City Water Works, Sept. 100 00 " Oct.,. 100 00 65 .62 25 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 Z. H. Davis 15 A. Carter. . ' 4 J. S. Taylor ' 7 Corvallis Times. ....... 19 Geo. W. Denman . . 40 Benton County Repub. . 1 GoHon V. Skelton 6 50 30 00 95 00 30 00 30 A. M Jessen. .'. . . . . . 18 City Livery Stables. ... '4 Graham & Wells. . 2 JR. Smith & Co. . 9 75 52 85 00 44 00 20 80 65 60 00 R. H. Huston. ........ . 5 C. A. Gerhard .... , . 6 D. C. Montgomery. .... 16 J. K. Gill & Co... 42 A. J. Campbell .'. . V 4 24 Scott King 2 Keith Brown. ..... ... . . 18 O. J. Blackledge. . :. . . i ,3 Geo. Smith.. : : :T. . .ivl 2' Mellon 4t Pinkerton .... 6 , Armitage & Cole 4 35 C. E. Tedrow ....... ... . 2 00 William Goldsoh.'. . : .7. ' ' 2 00 00 57 A. Rycraft.. . -.... 62 Roy Bell .'.V 29 R. H. Colbert. ........ Occidental .Lumber Co. Corvallis Transfer ' Co. . A. S. Shadrock. . . . A. M. McLaughlin . N. C. Pickett..., Burson Cate. . . .". ... N. C. Miller.......... Lee Henkle. C . .... . 3 45 84 25 00 50 00 12 13 .8 9' 6 16 :4 00 00 00 Jess Bullis .'. 13 Milt Young 15 E. Handy.. . . . 2 00 50 50 SCAB ON PRICES. 1 1 I s Caused B y Adverse Weather Conditions. That scab on prunes, which is very prevalent this year is not a fungus disease, but is caused by adverse weather conditions, is the opinion given by Professor Cordiey, of the Oregon Agri cultural College, in answer to an inquiry from a large grower. It follows, therefore, that scab can not be prevented by spraying Professor Cordley's letter is as follows : "Careful examination of the accompanying prunes shows that the scab upon them is not a fungus disease. In oth er words it is not the true prune or plum scab. I have observed this trouble to a greater or less extent in other seasons and have never been able to find any fun gus or bacterial organism in con nection with it. Froni what da ta I have been able to collect re garding the prevalence of this trouble and associating it with the various seasons, I have ar rived at the conclusion that it is caused almost exclusively by freezing or cold weather, at least at the time of blossoming or shortly after. In other words, the trouble seems to be most prevalent in seasons following freezing weather at blossoming time."- The Holy City." The advertised engagement of Luella Morley in Clarence Ben nett's great play is worthy of the attention it excites. Men will ever differ in opinions, but truth is acknowledged even when con victions regret its brilliant uses. It is difficult to conceive of any thing but good coming from per formances of "The lloly City" hardened sinners cannot dispute its facts, humble sinners will ac cept its teachings and sanctified saints may gain instead of losing if they absorb the play, from the rising of the curtain until it closes to view the artist-author's dramatic and picturesque storj of Jerusalem, its people, its sor rows and its ioys. The third season of this remarkable drama is great in its achievements. Manager Groves should be thanked for again securing this splendid tragedy and company, J. D. Wells... W. Tom..... E. R. Bryson. Fred Porter. . which will appear here Thurs-jand day, November 19. Subscribe for the Gazette, THE INVINCIBLE OAC. VARSITY TEAM THE SCORE WAS Immense Crowd of - Witnessed Wednesday's Contest on thletic Field and Cheered the Victors Who Played i k .Clean, j Safe Game. ' Wednesday afternoon was giv K en up almost entirely by our bu siness'1 men and citizens to foot ball and the orange color was spread from 2d street to the ath letic field. Visitors flocked; in from the country and every train was loaded with visitors to see one of the nicest, cleanest games of football ever played on the O. A. C. field. Many athletes from Eugene, Albany, Independence, Portland, Seattle and other pla ces were interested spectators. The gates were thrown open about 1 o'clock and at 2 the freshmen and sophomores lined up on the grounds and made things lively for an hour, play ing ball that would do credit to Older heads. Many brilliant plays were made thus showing that O. A. C. will always be a mighty factor when it comes to a show down over the pig skin. Under the. superior training of Coach Norcross the O. A. C. j boys have advanced to first place and it looked mighty good to us to see a table on the side lined up with reporters representing the Portland and Seattle papers' writing up the game. We really felt so good over it that we lost our equilibrium and hollered just like the other boys. Game was called at 3:10. The Umpire was Cutts ; referee, Hockenberry and head lineman, Hahn. O. A. C. won toss and chose south goal; Whitman kicked ball caught 20 yd. line by Wolf and advanced 20 yards ; next three downs advanced 15 yds ball ad vanced 7 yds. punted hy Wolf 45 yds. Whitman ball advanc ed 3 yds. in 2 downs punted and caught by Gagnon, advanced : 15 yds. OAC advanced 12 yds. lost on fumble. Whitman gain d yds. OAC caught on punt. Wolf punted 40 yds. Whitman kick caught y Keck, OAC penalized lo yds. for holding ; ball lost on downs. Whitman failed yard age, forced to punt, caught by Cooper, advanced 5 yds. VVhit- Biff Football Rally. All the football enthusiasts at OAC and the hosts of friends of the team around town assembled on the college athletic field Tuesday night and had a rous ing rally to work up everybody to the proper pitch of excitement over the big game ol Wednesday and the coming contests at Port land and Seattle., The crowd was immense and in addition "to a roaring bonfire and music by the band there were continued rounds of ringing college veils. Speeches were made by Jamison ot fie team, Prof. Herman Tar tar, Rev. J. R.-N. Bell and oth ers. Dr. Bell is familiarly known as the team mascot, and his over three score years and portly fig ure do not in the least deter him from being one of the boys, ills speech being greeted with veils cheers while he was one or the leaders in the pandemonium that reigned throughout the eve-! ning. NINE TO NOTHING Football Enthusiasts a, man, penalized 15 yds. offside play. Ball fumbled and picked up by Whitman, forced to punt, caughl by OAC who kicked for goal but failed. Whitman ad vanced 15 yds. and punted to O, A. C, ball advanced 12 yds. with successful place kick by V. A. U. This time. OAC defends north goal, received kickoff and re turned 20 yds, advanced ball 24 yds. and missed place kick. Whitman kicked 25 yds., caught by Wolf and returned to Whit man zo yd. line : advanced 9 yds. lost on downs. Whitman kicked to 40 yard line, Gagnon signalled fair catch. Time up. Second half, OAC kicked off to 10 yd. line, returned to 25 yd. line. Whitman advanced 7 yds. fumble to OAC, gain yardage but penalized 15-yds, lose ball on forward pass. Whitman advancer- balHbut" lose-on fumble and OAC never stops until goal is reached. Game practically closes at this point with OAC goal always safe. Score 9 to 0 in favor of OAC. Whitman Line. Clemens . Center Mathews R flnar 'Morrow. . .L. Guard Bassett ..R. Tackle Willson. L. Tackle Oldright. R. End Lewis. .L. End Brainerd. . . . ..Quarterback Belt...........'. .Fullback Borleske. . R. Half Cushman. ..... .L. Half T. M. Blanchard, of Bowdein College, N. Hampshire. Coach O. A. C. LINE. Kelly, Smith Center Wallace, Loosley. . ... .R. Guard Evandon, Frances. . . .L. Guard Jarhieson. R. Tackle Pendergrass, Parker. L. Tackle Dobbin, Enburg R. End Cady. Brodie. ; L. End Gagnon. . . . ... Quarterback Keck and Knapp. '. ... .Fullback Wolf (Capt.) ,..R. Half Cooper and Hastings . . . . L. Half F. S : Norcross Coach E. D. Angell. . .Athletic Trainer Millions For Improvements. Railroads, great and small, which have experienced some parlous times for two or more years, believe they are about due to be lifted out oi the crucible and set with their, faces toward prosperity. Interviews with presidents of more than a dozen great systems brought the gen eral opinion that with the elec tion excitement over, the coun try was settling down and get ting a good, firm grip upon bu siness. They agreed . that mill ion's of dollars must be spent soon for new equipment, for ex tensions and in putting roads in the best p'ossibie' conditions. 1'nis means the employment in shops,, on tracks and in the man ning of additional trains oi thousands of men. All agreed that this would come gradually, but could not long be delayed, for roads have peimitted their properties to run down to the 1 lowest possible notch. HELP THE CHILDREN. i Thanksgiving Appeal for Do nations from A id Society. The management of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society feel that it is onlv necessary to remind their many friends that Thanks giving day will soon be here again, and with it comes the annual expectancy that always accompanies this time of year, A hard year's work has been done by the Society in the ef fort to care for the dependent children of the state, to investi gate cases of reported abuse and to aid those who were unable to help themselves. , Hearly every county in the State ' contributes dependent children to this institution. The number received from all sources the last fiscal year was 373, out of which number 207 were en tirely new cases and received from . the following counties Baker 5, Benton 5, Clackamas 3, Clatsop 1, Columbia 1, Coos 1, Crook 2, Douglas 6, Jackson 1, Josephine 2, Klamath 2, Lane 11, Linn 5, Malheur 2, Marion 5, Multnomah 117, Sherman 3, Tillamook 5, Union 2, Umatilla 5,- Wallowa 2, Wasco 5, Wash ington 9, Yamhill 6. Of these new cases, 131 are boys, and 76 girls. The average age of the girls is 10.7, the average age of the boys 9.3. It may be interesting to know that besides the 60 children on hand at the Receiving Home at Portland the Society has under its care throughout the State of Oregon neariy 600 children. These children are placed out in family, homes under Jhesu-j pervisioh of the Society's agents. A report is made to the office on every case visited, telling them how the child is getting along and whether they would recommend it to remain in its place or not. There are many ways in which you can help the society. Do nate whatever money you may be able to spare or send a sack of potatoes, a bag of onions, a sack of flour; or, send to, the school through your children, a package of coffee, a few potatoes, a pound of rice, a chicken, a package of sugar, or, in fact, anything that is useful in a 1 household, and the principal of the school will have it packed in boxes with other donations from the children and forward it to the Boys, & Girls' Aid So ciety at Portland, Oregon. The railroad companies and steam boat lines have kindly promised to deadhead all such supplies when marked plainly "Boys' & Girls' Aid Society, Portland, Oregon." All communications to be addressed to W. T. Gard ner, Supt, Boys' & Girls' Aid Society, Portland. Those wish ing children apply as above; children of all ages on hand. The County Advisory Board for this county are as follows: Chief of Police Wells, Dr. H. S. Pernot, Mr. J. L. Underwood and Mrs. B. W. Wilson. United Artisans Prosperous. On Thursday evening at the regular meeting of the United Artisans seventy members were pre-ent. The mysteries of Arti sanship were revealed to eight successful candidates, after which a light lunch was enjoyed. Special organizers, Mr. and Mrs. Daren, have been in the city for some time presenting the bene fits of Artisanship to worthy prospective candidates, and it is largely due to their untiring ef forts that the local assembly now consists of of 160 members. The enormous steady growth is in dicative of the popularity of the order. W. G. Emery, of -Vancouver, was in the city this week and ' took in the big football game. STATE FINANCES nr rvnn i nrr MIC CAUtLLCNI. Oregon Is Now En tirely Out of Debt. TREASURER STEEL'S REPORT. Ample Fnnds on Hand to Pay all Obligations and Leave Good Gash Balance. 'The financial affairs of the state are in excellent condition," says State.lreasurer Steel in his biennial report to the Legisla ture, which was made public last week. ' "There is no state debt, bonded or otherwise. Warrants on all of the funds have been paid in cash on presentation, and there are ample funds on hand and owing to pay all obli gations authorized by law. All of the counties of the state ex cept Yamhill, which is contest ing the basis of apportionment upon constitutional grounds, have paid the first half of the : state tax apportioned to them for the current year, and a num ber have paid the entire-amount apportioned to them, although the last half of the state tax is not due until November 1. "Practically the entire princi pal of the common school, Ag ricultural .College, and Univers-. ity funds are drawihg ' interest ' for the benefit of the public schools, the State University and theAgricultural College, respect ively. The first-mortgage loans from the common school fund have increased during the two years nearly a half-million dol- ars There has been a very gratifying inciease in the total of the common school fund, due mostly to the sale of school and indemnity lands.' The report is very exhaustive, and shows that the state funds have grown to such proportions never before realized. The receipts from the inher itance tax for the past two years were $44,560.34, and Treasurer Steel says the receipts from this source would be greatly increas ed by imposing a tax on the ex cess of - $2,000 on all collateral inheritances, and on all bequests and devices exceeding $500 to persons not related to the donor, irrespective of the value of the estate of the decedent or donor. Under the law as it now stands, no estate valued at less than $10,000 is subject to the tax, therefor estates valued at less than that sum escape taxation even though there be only col-, lateral heirs, or as sometimes occurs, no heirs whatever, and the estate is devised to a person or persons not related to the donor. The summary of the condition of the funds in the treasury shows the receiDts to September 30, 190S, were $5,770,103.41,; the disbursements, $5,527,124.25 and the balance on hand at the close of the report in all funds, was $658,320.15. The Ladies' Missionary So ciety of the First Congregational church met Wednesday after noon with Mrs. Walker on 5th and A streets and spent a very pleasant and profitable time. Several interesting papers were read and Mrs. T. Maxmeyer ren dered a number of very sweet and appropriate instrumental se lections which were greatly en joyed. Delicious refreshments were served the guests by Mrs. Walker,.who proved hereself an entertaining hostess. Subscribe for the Gazette.